PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

pp.：  9 – 10

GLOSSARY OF ARABIC TERMS

pp.：  11 – 20

CHAPTER ONE SOURCES USED

pp.：  21 – 43

CHAPTER TWO THE USE OF ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE AS A DOCUMENTARY SOURCE

pp.：  44 – 74

CHAPTER THREE ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTION

pp.：  75 – 101

CHAPTER FOUR THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GENERAL ELEMENTS OF DONATIONS

pp.：  102 – 161

CHAPTER FIVE THE FAMILY OR PRIVATE AHBĀS

pp.：  162 – 203

CHAPTER SIX THE AIMS OF PIOUS AHBĀS

pp.：  204 – 262

CHAPTER SEVEN THE ORGANISATION OF MOSQUES AND THE ROLE OF PIOUS ENDOWMENTS

pp.：  263 – 312

CHAPTER EIGHT THE OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING AN ENDOWMENT: NĀZIR, QĀDī AND SĀHIB AL-AHBĀS

pp.：  313 – 356

CHAPTER NINE LEGAL THEORY VERSUS PRACTICAL NEEDS: CAUSES AND MECHANISMS FOR ALTERING DONATIONS

pp.：  357 – 411

CHAPTER TEN PIOUS ENDOWMENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF ANDALUSIAN SOCIAL FORMATION

pp.：  412 – 455

CONCLUSION

pp.：  456 – 467

APPENDIX I JURISTS AND FUQAHĀ": IDENTIFICATION AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX

pp.：  468 – 476

APPENDIX II INVENTORY AND BREAKDOWN OF FATĀWĀ INCLUDED IN THE MI'YĀR

pp.：  477 – 488

APPENDIX III TABLES OF DATA

pp.：  489 – 496

APPENDIX IV LOCATION OF IBN RUSHD’S FATĀWĀ

pp.：  497 – 498

APPENDIX V GRAPHS

pp.：  499 – 503

APPENDIX VI TEXTS IN TRANSLATION

pp.：  504 – 542

SOURCES

pp.：  543 – 546

BIBLIOGRAPHY

pp.：  547 – 558

INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

pp.：  559 – 569